Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Virgin Cure is one of the judges for this
year's
Short Prose Competition

Switchback(University of San Francisco) is accepting poetry and prose
submissions for issue 17 (published in May 2013). Editor’s Prize of $200 for
the submission that best addresses the issue theme: Broken. Submissions do not
need to address the theme to be considered for publication. Deadline:February 28, 2013

The Writers’ Union of Canada is pleased
to announce that submissions are being accepted until March 1, 2013 for the 20th Annual Short Prose
Competition for Developing Writers. The winning entry will be the best Canadian
work of up to 2,500 words in the English language, fiction or non-fiction,
written by an unpublished author.

Prize: $2,500for the winning entry,
and the entries of the winner and finalists will be submitted to three Canadian
magazines. Entry fee: $29

This competition is open to all
Canadian citizens and landed immigrants who have not had a book published by a
commercial or university press in any genre and who do not currently have a
contract with a book publisher. Original and unpublished (English language)
fiction or nonfiction is eligible.

Brian Henry has been a book editor, writer, and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He teaches creative writing at Ryerson University. He also leads weekly creative writing courses in Burlington, Mississauga, Oakville and Georgetown and conducts Saturday workshops throughout Ontario. His proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published.